Bay of Plenty Tertiary Partnership

Presentation to Tauranga City Council - SmartGrowth

Friday, 1 November 2013

Tertiary Education for the future of Western Bay and Bay of Plenty region

“…education is the most powerful means of change…’

Nelson Mandela

Population Growth

Source: Statistics NZ - 1996 and 2001 figures are based on Census data; 2006-2031 figures are based on medium series data from the Subnational Population Projections 2006(base)-2013 (October 2012 update).

1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031

BoP 224,367 239,412 265,300 277,300 284,200 296,000 307,300 317,400

WBOP 112,746 129,138 149,900 161,600 169,200 181,500 193,700 205,300

EBOP 50,328 48,990 50,850 50,410 49,430 48,680 47,660 46,180

Rotorua District

64,509 64,473 68,100 68,900 69,100 69,600 69,800 69,700

“The trends raise the imperative for intervention that will simultaneously assist in stemming the outflow of Bay of Plenty’s

youth, address the faster growing and relatively youthful Maori population and to

secure the replenishment of the regions future skill needs”

Prof. Natalie JacksonNat. Inst. Demographic and Economic Analysis

Our CommunityOur People

Our ChildrenOur Future

ContextInformerEnabler

Tertiary Enhancement

“Seamless tertiary system for Bay of Plenty”

Foundation Postgraduate & ResearchDiploma & Degrees

• Skill our people and businesses

• Retain young people for tertiary study

• Incentivise our skilled people to return

• Support innovation in industry/businesses

• Become a tertiary destination

Tertiary Action Plan

Owned by the regionemployerscommunityprovidersagencies

Tertiary Action Plan

Bay of Connections

• Skills for industry

• At risk young people

• Maori and Pasifika

• Adult Literacy and Numeracy

• Research-based institutions

• International linkages

Tertiary Education Strategy

Degrees available in Tauranga

• B. Management Studies• B. Business Analysis• B. Tourism• B. Computer Science• B. Applied Science – Marine / Environmental Management• B. Social Sciences• B. Teaching (Early Childhood Education)• B. Teaching (Primary Education)• B. Nursing• B. Creative Industries (2014)• B. Sport & Recreation

• Aquaculture

• Transport & Logistics

• International Trade

• Primary Production

Applied Research

• Tourism

• Marine

• Titanium Alloys

• Health and Ageing

CBD Partnership Building

“Kia eke panuku”

Reaching our potential together.